The Pacific Street Car Association has signed ATI Performance Products as a contingency sponsor for their doorslammer series.

Six NHRA Top Fuel championships -- maybe seven or more -- will be Tony Schumacher's legacy. By the end of this season, he might be able to claim six in a row.
 
But for those who listen closely to Schumacher when he talks about his
titles, his legacy will be that of a warrior, befitting his
longstanding U.S. Army sponsorship. Maybe some even will call him a
gladiator, an honor he gave posthumously to Scott Kalitta.
 
The fact is that Tony Schumacher loves simply competing as much as he loves winning.
 
The grit, the toughness, the skill to pull off nearly the impossible --
all are traits of Schumacher. Remember that he came back from a
breathtakingly frightening accident a Memphis in 2000 -- one that left
him with multiple fracture of his left leg, three dislocated fingers in
his right hand and cracked teeth. He missed only two races and reached
the final round in his comeback at Pomona. It was a person feat that
made even Gary Scelzi, his hardcore nemesis at the time, admire him.

Greg Anderson made a judgment call in 2002, when he decided to team with Ken Black in forming a Pro Stock team.
 
Black is from Las Vegas. Anderson is from Minnesota. So Anderson chose . . . North Carolina.
Selecting the Charlotte area for the team's headquarters was no
whimsical decision. Anderson figured the best fit for him was in the
heart of NASCAR country, for a variety of reasons.
 
“I know that many people in the motorsports community see Indianapolis
as the race capital for the country," Anderson said, "but I consider
Charlotte the place to be, which is why our Summit Racing team is based
here.

Traction control could be living on borrowed time in a series that was introduced on the premise of outlaw racing with no rules.

The ADRL, fearing their volatile doorslammer program could become
automated, is pondering a ban on the use of traction control. And,
according to a high-ranking ADRL official, a decision could be made as
early as next week.

“We issued a questionnaire to the racers last week,” Bubba Corzine,
ADRL Vice President of Competition said on Tuesday afternoon. “We
wanted to get their thoughts on the topic of traction control. We are
considering it and I believe it would be a tough rule to police if we
outlawed it.
Right now we are just trying to gather data to help us make a better decision.”

Growing up in Rogers, Arkansas near the worldwide headquarters for Wal-Mart has meant a great deal
to “Hot” Rod Fuller’s drag racing career throughout the years with
multiple cross promotions between the retail giant and its vendors. The
2009 version has brought Fuller together with the popular DVD rental
company, redbox, and two of its promotional partners, Stouffer’s
Entrees, and Edy’s ice cream, to create a “Dinner, Dessert, and a
Movie” theme. Fuller will host autograph sessions at Wal-Mart stores in
the Charlotte, NC area, prior to the NHRA Carolinas Nationals, as well
as sign autographs on behalf of the Wal-Mart vendors throughout the race
weekend. A specially designed autograph card that includes a limited number of Free DVD rentals from redbox will highlight the promotion.

Friends with both John Force and Tony Pedregon, it was revealed today, that Bob Tasca III facillitated a phone call between the two aforementioned drivers on September 12.

Today during the NHRA weekly teleconference Tony Pedregon revealed that thanks to Tasca, he and Force at least in his estimation, have resolved their differences arising from the skirmish in Indianapolis.

When Bruton Smith decided to build a drag strip in the shadows of Lowe's Motor Speedway, he felt

Last
month, zMax Dragway, in conjunction with the NMCA, staged a four-wide
jet car race. This weekend, they'll do it twice with nitro cars.

that if two lanes were good, then four lanes must definitely be better.

We'll find out Sunday afternoon as the NHRA pairs up two sets of Funny
Cars and two sets of Top Fuelers just prior to the final round of
eliminations in the NHRA Carolinas Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

There comes a day when the journey has taken you afar, when you pause for a moment, look back and see just how far you’ve traveled. That’s exactly how I feel looking back on this day ten years ago when myself and a talented web designer named Frank Dill pushed the button to launch CompetitionPlus.com.

Sometimes you look back and wonder how you have been so lucky and blessed.

By all business logic, CompetitionPlus.com should have failed.

Rich Christensen and ArmDrop Live officials today announced the
cancellation of the Sept. 18-19 ArmDrop Live event at Bristol Dragway
due to a last-minute obligation with Christensen’s SPEED contract.

Christensen made the decision late in hopes that the situation would resolve itself. Unfortunately, that did not happen.

Eight lucky drag racing fans will take part in a history-making event
when they get the opportunity to stand behind the starter as Top Fuel
dragsters and Funny Cars race four wide at zMAX Dragway on Sunday,
Sept. 20, during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals.
   
Earlier this month zMAX Dragway and NHRA officials announced that for
the first time in NHRA history, modern Top Fuel dragsters and Funny
Cars will race four lanes, four wide and unleash 32,000 horsepower on
the Bellagio of drag strips. Eight fans will get to feel the force of
all that
horsepower and smell the nitro as they stand behind the starter on both
sets of lanes when the cars launch from the starting line.